The same year, the Irish constitution of 1782 produced a period of legislative freedom.

This will be shown to be particularly the case in the next chapter on the relationship between catholicism and the Irish constitution.

In a sense, the new Irish constitution was going against the spirit of this approach.

The dispositions of the Irish constitution were clearly designed to accommodate such a position in full.

Was the Irish constitution merely an abstract one, without actual social consequences?

Criticism of the Irish constitution itself from both clergy and laity produced one first change in the constitution.

The Irish constitution requires a secret ballot and the courts have interpreted this quite narrowly.

The Irish constitution permits the creation of courts of "local and limited jurisdiction".

Freedom of speech is protected by Article 40.6.1 of the Irish constitution.

The Irish constitution explicitly provides for the judicial review of legislation.